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==Kaushika==
The story of Vishwamitra is narrated in entirety in the Balakanda of Valmiki Ramayana
Vishvamitra was a king in Ancient India, also called [[Kusika|Kaushika]] ("the descendant of Kusha"). He was a valiant warrior and the great-grandson of a great sage king named ''Kusha''. One of the four sons of Kusha was ''Kushanubha'', who performed the ''Puthrakameshti'' sacrifice and obtained a son named ''Gadhi'' as the result. Kaushika, or Vishvamitra, was the son of king Gadhi. Kaushika succeeded his father to the kingdom and ruled it ably. He was well liked by his people. Once he was on a tour of his kingdom, listening to the complaints of his subjects, and issuing orders to remedy them. Like all sages of ancient India, Viswamitra should be understood as common name appearing in a line of sages successively descended from a common ancestor of the same name.
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